[DeepL Translation - needs review] Yumi, a junior in middle school, reads the diary of Jae-joon, who died in a motorcycle accident. "One day, I died. What is the meaning of my death?" As Yumi reads through Jae-joon's diary, which begins with the eerie words, "One day I died," she searches for memories of their time together. Crushes, grades, cram school, teachers... The daily life of an ordinary middle school student unfolds.
(Translator: DeepL)
YA novel about grief
This novel is written from the POV of a high school girl who's best friend passed away suddenly in a traffic accident.
The novel starts a few months after her friend passes away, when she visits her dead friend's mum. The mum gives her her deceased son's diary and says that she can't bring herself to read it but would like to ask if the girl will read it and let her know what her son wrote.
The story follows the girl's internal thoughts as she remembers her friend, struggles with the idea of